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Table 1 Insurance coverage and background characteristics

From: Health insurance subscription among women in reproductive age in Ghana: do socio-demographics matter?

Variable

Correlates

N = 9363

Proportion registered

P value

Residence

Urban

789

47.48

0.050*

 

Rural

724

47.25

 

Ecological Zone

Coastal zone

616

36.97

0.000*

 

Forest zone

763

64.18

 
 

Savannah zone

133

39.46

 

Age

15–19

250

41.99

0.000*

 

20–24

303

49.58

 
 

25–29

247

50.01

 
 

30–34

179

42.75

 
 

35–39

209

52.66

 
 

40–44

200

52.66

 
 

45–49

125

41.21

 

Ethnicity

Akan

928

52.80

0.000*

 

Ga/dangme

78

29.55

 
 

Ewe

150

38.55

 
 

Guan

31

45.08

 
 

Mole-Dagbani

193

51.32

 
 

Grusi

35

54.34

 
 

Gurma

52

27.59

 
 

Mande

20

76.18

 
 

Other

27

44.10

 

Occupation

Not working

330

45.01

0.36

 

Working

1181

47.34

 

Education

No education

240

38.56

0.000*

 

Primary

284

43.09

 
 

Secondary

922

51.83

 
 

Higher

68

50.15

 

Religion

Catholic

147

56.08

0.000*

 

Anglican

17

59.77

 
 

Methodist

125

58.91

 
 

Presbyterian

99

54.59

 
 

Pentecostal/charismatic

679

47.21

 
 

Other Christian

212

41.84

 
 

Islam

182

48.63

 
 

African Traditional/spiritual

13

17.60

 
 

Other

0

0

 

Wealth status

Poorest

195

40.16

0.001*

 

Poorer

274

43.64

 
 

Middle

348

48.44

 
 

Richer

379

51.80

 
 

Richest

318

50.24

 

Marital status

Single

721

45.24

0.007*

 

Married

540

50.06

 
 

Cohabitation

253

48.31

 

Parity

No birth

465

43.26

0.001*

 

One birth

202

50.24

 
 

Two births

204

52.53

 
 

Three births

185

50.76

 
 

Four births or more

457

47.39

 
  1. Source: GDHS 2014
  2. Proportion registered* mean the proportion of women who had registered under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)